The proceedings of the October 2-4, 2009 scientific conference.

This conference was designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, nurses and allied healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with fibromyalgia and related sleep disorders.

International faculty of renowned researchers from the fields of fibromyalgia and sleep include:

• I. Jon Russell
• George Chrousos
• Jerome Seigel
• Robert Bennett
• Maurice Ohayon

Topics include:

• Interaction of Sleep, Pain and Mood: A Primer for Primary Care Physicians
• Fibromyalgia: Sleep and Dysautonomia
• Pathophysiology of Fibromyalgia
• Basic Physiology and Neurochemistry of Sleep
• Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Sleep, Theory and Therapy

The proceedings of the October 2-4, 2009 scientific conference.

This conference was designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, nurses and allied healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with fibromyalgia and related sleep disorders.

International faculty of renowned researchers from the fields of fibromyalgia and sleep include:

• I. Jon Russell
• George Chrousos
• Jerome Seigel
• Robert Bennett
• Maurice Ohayon

Topics include:

• Interaction of Sleep, Pain and Mood: A Primer for Primary Care Physicians
• Fibromyalgia: Sleep and Dysautonomia
• Pathophysiology of Fibromyalgia
• Basic Physiology and Neurochemistry of Sleep
• Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Sleep, Theory and Therapy

Topics

• Welcome and Opening Remarks
• NIH and Fibromyalgia Funding: Today and Tomorrow
• Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy in Patients
• Dopamine Depletion as Cause of FM

Speakers

• Robert Bennett, MD, PhD
• Stephen Katz, MD, PhD
• Dan S. Heffez, MD
• Patrick Wood, MD

Topics

• Dopamine Depletion as Cause of FM— Questions
• Quantitative Measurements of Neuropathic Pain And Symptoms.
• FMRI Studies of Pressure Pain in Fibromyalgia

Speakers

• Patrick Wood, MD
• Misha-Miroslav Backonja, MD
• Richard Gracely, PhD

Topics

• Fibromyalgia is an Autonomic Nervous Systems Disease

Speakers

• Manuel Martinez-Lavin, MD

Topics

• Stress-Sensitive Mass Cells Near Pain- Sensitive Neurons

Speakers

• Alice Larson, PhD

Topics

• Balance Perturbations in Fibromyalgia Patients Compared to Healthy Controls
• Presenters - Round Table Discussion

Speakers

• Kim Dupree Jones, RN, FNP, PhD

Topics

• Welcome and Opening Remarks
• Preliminary Data From Fibromyalgia/Chiari Study
• Why Has It Taken So Long

Topics

• Intermittent Cervical Cord Compression and Fibromyalgia : A Common Co-morbidity With Diagnostic and Treatment Implications

Speakers

• Andrew Holman, MD

Topics

• Clinical Presentation of Chiari Malformation I
• Clinical Manifestations of Mesenchymal Hyperplasia

Speakers

• Roger Kula, MD
• Timothy Weibe, MD